TY - BOOK AU - Bloom,Arthur W. TI - Joseph Jefferson: dean of the American theatre SN - 0913720550 AV - PN2287.J4 PY - 2000/// CY - Savannah, Ga. PB - Frederic C. Beil KW - Jefferson Joseph KW - Actors KW - United States KW - Biography N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-495) and index; A property child, 1829-1837 -- The Jeffersons in the West, 1836-1847 -- Apprenticeship in the East, 1847-1850 -- A provincial manager: A provincial actor, 1850-1857 -- The years with Laura Keene, 1857-1859 -- Boucicault and stardom, 1859-1861 -- Years abroad-Australia, New Zealand, 1861-1865 -- Jefferson as Rip, 1865-1867 -- "My latest novelty," 1867-1870 -- Home, 1868-1870 -- The little church around the corner-blindness, 1870-1875 -- England and America, 1875-1877 -- The Jefferson company -- Jefferson: The public man -- "For heaven's sake, get a new play," 1880-1889 -- The Jefferson-Florence Company, 1889-1892 -- Private life at Buzzards Bay -- The all-star Rivals, 1896-1897 -- "A back number-Retirement and death, 1896-1905 ER -